Friday, November 27, 2015

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Well, hello fellow bloggers! Thanksgiving has come and gone and I must say that I had a lovely Thanksgiving! Me and my family had cheesecake, turkey, stuffing, sweet potato pie, green beans and macaroni and cheese to eat up and it was delicious! I hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving and spend some time with your family!

Question of the Week:
Black Friday Eve! You have $100 (or pounds or whatever your currency
is) to spend on books. What are you going to buy? - Suggested by Alison Can Read.

Oh man, there's so many books that I want to buy if I have $100, but the books and DVDs I would probably buy with $100 are the Rabbit Ears series on DVD, Saga Volumes 3 and 5 by Brian K. Vaughan, X-Men: Days of Future Past by Chris Claremont, The Martian by Andy Weir, Cress by Marissa Meyer and Game of Thrones Series by George R.R. Martin.

READ, READ, READ!All I have
been doing lately was reading a bunch of “Garfield”
comics written by Jim Davis and why
not?I just love the fat orange fur ball
and I have stumbled upon a recent set of collections of “Garfield” comics called “Garfield
Goes to his Happy Place,” which is the fifty-eighth book in the “Garfield” comic collection series!

What is this story
about?

Well, Jon has finally gotten himself a girlfriend in Liz the
veterinarian and they seem to be extremely happy with each other…well, unless
they have to deal with Garfield’s nonstop sarcastic and bizarre behavior
regarding food and relationships!This
collection features comic strips that detail not only Jon’s newfound
relationship with Liz, but how Garfield deals with his new relationship with
Liz!

What I loved about
this story:

Jim Davis’ writing: As always (and I mean always), Jim Davis’ writing is as sharp and
witty as ever as we get to see Jon’s new life with his girlfriend Liz and how
they are dealing with Garfield’s bizarre and sarcastic behavior.I loved the fact that Jon finally gets a
girlfriend in Liz and it was cute that Liz still loves Jon no matter how weird
Jon can get or how even weirder Garfield can get.It was great seeing another character added
to the main cast of Jon, Garfield and Odie as it brings a fresh new take on the
“Garfield” comics and a bit more depth in the stories since we actually see Jon
developing as a character as his relationship with Liz progresses.The humor is as usual witty and I loved the
fact that Jim Davis still kept the
sarcastic humor of the “Garfield”
comics intact, even if there are a couple of changes in the status quo of the
series, such as Jon’s relationship with Liz.

Jim Davis’ artwork: Jim
Davis’ artwork is as usual hilarious to look at as all the characters have
cartoony large eyes and bizarre body shapes that fit nicely with the witty
humor of this comic series.I also loved
the image of Liz herself as she is drawn with the same cartoony eyes as the
other characters, but her appearance seems to carry a more mature air as she is
like the sanest character in the entire comic series.

Final Thoughts:

Overall, “Garfield Goes to his Happy Place” is a fantastic read for
anyone who is a huge fan of the “Garfield” comics and I would
definitely recommend this title to anyone who is looking for a good “Garfield” read!

Friday, November 20, 2015

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Hey everyone! I'm back once again and it's getting closer to the Thanksgiving holidays! I can't wait to start cooking our Thanksgiving meal (since I always baked the cheesecake and I also usually clean and bake the turkey)! I hope everyone has a nice Thanksgiving holiday next week!

Question of the Week:
If you could teleport into ANY story, which would you chose? - Suggested by Life Is Reading.

I definitely would love to get into the world of Harry Potter! I mean, how cool would it be to possess magical powers that would help you out in any situation and get into various adventures where you fight death eaters and evil wizards?

FINALLY!The fourth book in Lisa Kleypas’ “Travises” series has finally arrived and I got the
chance to read this book in its glory!“Brown –Eyed Girl” is the latest book
by Lisa Kleypas and it continues the
adventures of the Travis brothers (and their sister Haven) as they find true
love in the most unlikely places! This time, Joe Travis is going to get all the
loving in this latest installment of the “Travis”
series!

Avery Crosslin is a wedding planner who is well known around
Texas as she continues to attain rich and powerful clients for her growing
wedding business.But one day, when she
attends a lavish wedding she planned herself, she meets up with Joe Travis, the
youngest brother in the wealthy Travis family and from then on, Avery’s life
has changed forever!Unfortunately,
since Avery had her heart broken in the past, she refuses to let Joe get
anywhere near her heart, but Joe Travis is one man who always gets what he
wants and he definitely aims to make Avery his!

Wow! It has been years since I last read Lisa Kleypas’ popular “Travis” series and after I heard that Lisa Kleypas was making the fourth book
in the series, of course I was excited as heck to check this book out!Lisa
Kleypas has once again created a truly heartwarming and witty romance novel
about the importance of true love and how true love can cure your own
insecurities about yourself.I loved the
way that Lisa Kleypas wrote the
relationships between the characters as I actually felt warm inside whenever we
see moments between the Travis family and how they try to stay together through
hard times, especially during the scene where Haven goes into labor and we see
the Travis family band together to be there for Haven during her time of need. But
let us talk about the best part of this book and that was the relationship
between Joe Travis and Avery Crosslin!I
loved the way that Lisa Kleypas made
Joe and Avery’s relationship come naturally as Avery had trouble being in a committed
relationship due to being rejected years ago and it made it believable to me to
have Avery slowly build up her relationship with Joe rather than rush into the
relationship without dealing with her inner demons first. I really loved the way that Lisa Kleypas wrote both Joe and Avery
as Avery is shown to be an independent wedding planner who is trying to decide
what it means to fall in love again, while establishing an extremely
heartwarming relationship with her half-sister Sofia which I loved reading
about throughout the whole book.Now,
Joe Travis was one hero that I just fell in love with immediately as he is
shown to be extremely patient with Avery’s situation and I loved the way that
he supported Avery throughout the book, even dealing with her insecure nature
towards love.I also really enjoyed the
subplot involving Sofia and Steven, the two co-workers who work with Avery, as
I found their relationship with each other to be extremely heartwarming and
hilarious and I would love to read more on their relationship if Lisa Kleypas decided to write a spinoff
series for the “Travis” family series!

The reason why I gave this book a four star rating was
because I felt that we did not get to know much about Joe Travis in this book since
we rarely see things from his perspective in the story.As much as I like the fact that Avery gets a
lot of focus in this story, I would have liked it better if we actually get to
see things from Joe’s perspective and see more of his relationship with his
family members, which we also did not get to see that much, which was pretty
disappointing since I loved the Travis family as a whole.

Overall, even though “Brown-Eyed
Girl” was not the best story in the “Travis”
series (that honor would have to go to “Blue-Eyed
Devil”) it is still a truly great book about the importance of true love
and I definitely cannot wait to check out more books from Lisa Kleypas in the near future (especially if we get more books
with the Travis family once again)!

I have read many books by Rosemary Wells ever since I was a child and
this book is no exception! “Morris’s Disappearing Bag” is a children’s
book by Rosemary Wells that is about a young bunny named Morris who had
received a teddy bear that none of his siblings wanted to play with, but
later on finds a mysterious package under the tree. “Morris’s
Disappearing Bag” is a really cute book that children everywhere will
definitely love!

Oh my goodness! This book has always been an
adorable treat for me for many years! Rosemary Wells had done an
excellent job at both illustrating and writing this cute story about
sharing and what I really loved about Rosemary Wells’ writing is that it
is cute and creative, especially during the part where Morris receives a
gift that no other child could ever receive! I also enjoyed the theme
of this story as it portrays the importance of sharing and I thought
that it was really cute about the way that Morris shared his gift with
his siblings after he receives the special gift. Rosemary Wells’
illustrations are extremely cute, especially of the images of Morris
himself as being the youngest rabbit in the family, he is drawn with
Christmas styled overalls that have hollies all over it and I loved the
way that the rabbits all have round bodies and short little ears that
really make them look extremely cute!

Probably the only con in
this book is that Morris’s siblings seem to snub Morris because of his
gift, even though Morris is too young to play with their toys. However, I
think this situation is redeemed towards the end, but it would be great
to see Morris’s siblings try to make an attempt at sharing with Morris
so that way Morris would not feel left out.

Overall, “Morris’s
Disappearing Bag” is a truly cute and great book for kids who love
Christmas books and learning about how to share with siblings. I would
recommend this book to children ages four and up since there is nothing
inappropriate in this book.

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